Garment-stay.



W.J'."R OCI 1E. GARMENT STAY.

APPI.ICATION FILED luLvzl, 1914.

1,212,812. 4 Patented Jan. 16,1917.

WITNESSES I INVENTOR IWWM M V ,I I n? v WILLIAM J. ROCHE,

OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB, TO THE SPIBELLA COMPANY, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA,

GARMENT-STAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

Application filed July 21, 1914. Serial No. 852,253.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. Roonnaresident of Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garment-Stays, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to garment stays, and particularly to wire garment stays for use in corsets and other like articles of wearing apparel. I

The object of the invention is to provide an improved stay of the character described which can be readily manufacturechwhich has material resistance to bending strains, which is resilient which has a long length of wire in a stay of given dimensions, and which is not liable to take a permanent set when subjected to short bends. And more particularly it is designed to provide a stay composed of a plurality of wires, intertwined along the middle portion of the stay, and having return loops in each wire on the edge of the stay.

The invention comprises the stay hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view on an exaggerated scale of one face of a stay embodyingthe invention; and Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modified form of the stay.

,The stay shown in the drawings is formed of wire, and preferably is formed of a plurality of wires. Any suitable number of wires may be used but the stay shown comprises only two wires 1, each of which is bent back and forth from edge to edge of the stay to form a series of alternately disposed loops or eyes 2 lying along the edges of the stay and connected by transversely extending crossing portions 3. The edge loops may be of any suitable form, but preferably are bent back upon themselves toward one end and toward the center lineof the stay, so that they are in effect returned loops. The two wires 1 of which the stay is formed are intertwined or interwoven, so that the crossing portions 3 of the two wires cross each other intermediate the edges of the stay, which securely fastens the two wires together and produces mutual support therebetween. In the arrangement shown the wires are so arranged that the loops or eyes 2 along the edges of the stay are opposite each 00p! of this patent may be obtained for other transversely of the length of the stay, so that they are in effect arranged in pairs of oppositely disposed loops. These loops may, if desired, extend nearly to the next adjacent crossing portion of the wire, which is a crossing portion of the other wire of the stay, as shown in Fig. 1, or, if desired,

each loop may somewhat overlap the next adjacent crossing portion of the other wire ofthe stay, as shown at 5, Fig. 2, thereby reinforcing the edges of the stay and giving it increased resistance to bending strains.v

The stay described is simple, can be readily manufactured and contains a long length of wire in a stay of given dimensions, so that 'wear is distributed over a long length of wire and there is no liability of the stay takbends. Also, the stay is very resilient and is particularly resistant to flexure in the edgewise direction,so that it is suitable for special uses in which edgew'ise flexure is not desired, f

What I 'claim is:-

1. A garmentstay, comprising a plurality of wires bent back and forth in opposite directions in zigzag form to form a" series of return loops lying along the edges of the stay and extending toward its middle line and, transversely extending crossing portions connecting said loops, the return loops on the edges of the stay being disposed in pairs opposite each other.-

.2. A garment stay, comprising a plurality ofrwires bent back and forth in opposite directions to form a series of edge loops and crossing portions, the edge loops being returned toward the center line of the stay and the wires being intertwined with each other. 3. A garment stay, comprising a plurality of wires bent back and forth in opposite directions to form a series of return loops ly- ;ing along the edges of the stay and transversely extending crossing portions, the re-- turn loops on the edges of the stay being disposed in pairs opposite each other, all of said loops also extending toward the same end of the'stay. I I

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM J. ROCHE. Witnesses FRANK L. Room,- T. F. CHARLTON.

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